Woke up early but got back to sleep, with some vivid dreams to entertain me. I got out of bed around 6:15 and got ready for an early-morning ride. It was a little chilly right at the start but not uncomfortably so. Rode my Canyon bike, first time after shortening the chain to its proper length, and it worked well. Curiously, I still occasionally drop my chain when switching from my lower to upper chainring, not sure why. Rode through the neighborhood and over the normal way to CdS, turning right and taking it all the way to Carmel Valley Rd. I wasn't going all out, but I was pushing the pace consistently. Took Carmel Valley Rd down to Del Mar Heights Rd, turned right, and took this road down to PCH. On the way, I set a PR (14:30, 162 W, 124 bpm) for the stretch of Del Mar Heights Rd that includes the gradual climb, the sharper climb before the high school, and the climb after passing over the freeway. I was working pretty hard on the latter two climbs. Turned north when I got to PCH and rode with a guy on a fixie for a while. I couldn't keep up with him on the flats, he was moving well. I stayed on PCH until turning right onto Lomas Santa Fe and starting the more serious climbing. I rode strong on this section all the way into the outskirts of RSF, setting a number of PRs. Into the village and onto Paseo Delicias, taking it through town and over to El Montevideo, where I turned left to get a little extra distance in to make a 40-mile ride. To Lago Lindo, turning right there and pausing to open a granola bar that I ate while I was riding more slowly. Over to El Camino del Norte, taking a right and heading back to Del Dios Hwy. I hadn't been on this road in a while, took the climb at moderate pace and in lower gears, there was a modest headwind that I faced at times. I did a little better on the last section of the climb to Via Rancho Pkwy, buckling down and pushing hard to the turn. From there, it was the normal way, via the freeway, back home, nothing special to note. I kept a moderate pace throughout and finished feeling okay.
Avg speed = 16.3 mph. Total mileage = 40.3 mi
Avg power = 145 W. Weighted avg power = 186 W
Total elevation gain = 2800'
Avg heartrate = 123 bpm (Coospo)
Relative Effort = 68
Training Load = 181
Intensity = 85%
When I got home, I did some minor bike maintenance stuff, including swapping out an inner tube on the rear wheel of my Canyon, changing the tires back to the Vittoria ones I've been running, charging my front derailleur battery, and relinking my Assioma power meter to my Wahoo Elemnt. Will see how long the link lasts this time. I watched a little TV and had a light lunch of leftover smoothie, tortilla chips, and peanut butter crackers. In the early afternoon we met with Jeff Ross, investments are generally looking good although today was not a good day. He suggested we look into structured investments as a means of perhaps increasing our resistance to big market dips in a tradeoff with an upper cap on investment yields. Will give it some thought. I worked on adding a route mileage summation feature to my program. Talked to an Alight reps to try and get answers to questions about changing my drug prescription plan. He was absolutely no help. I went through the questions as best I could and submitted the request to make a change. Fingers crossed. Later I called Mom and wished her a happy birthday I also talked to a Bay Alarm Medical representative about their billing practices and got my questions answered. Watched some TV just before and after dinner, then read before going to sleep.
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